House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PASTEUR Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to develop innovative antimicrobial drugs targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Carter R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7352.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 25, February 4, 2026, Page H2031):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7352, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7352
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
29 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 29 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Carey (R-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Lori Trahan (D-MA), David Valadao (R-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 261 (119th) Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 2493 (119th) Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1455 (119th) ITS Codification Act
- H.Res. 283 (119th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 2289 (119th) American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4875 (119th) PASTEUR Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.